The IMA Mediterranean Maxi OFFSHORE Challenge 2023/2024

Rolex Middle Sea Race 2023,
starting from Valletta, Malta, on 21 October 2023: Valletta, Malta to Valletta anticlockwise around Sicily via the Strait of Messina, Stromboli, Favignana, Pantelleria and Lampedusa.
Distance: 608 miles.
Organiser: Royal Malta Yacht Club
www.rolexmiddlesearace.com

La Larga – the offshore race of PalmaVela
established in 2021 as the preliminary offshore race to PalmaVela event. Starting on April 27 in 2024, it consists of 2 offshore courses (one of 225 nm: Palma-Dragonera-Ibiza and Formentera-Cabrera-Palma) and one of 165 nm (Palma-Dragonera-Tagomago-Cabrera-Palma).
Organiser: Real Club Nautico Palma
www.palmavela.com

Tre Golfi offshore race
starting from Naples, Italy, on May 17 2024: Naples to Capri, via Ponza and Li Galli (Italy).
Distance: 170 miles.
Organiser: Circolo del Remo e Vela Italia (CRVI) with Yacht Club Italiano
www.tregolfisailingweek.com

151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar
starting on May 30th 2024 from Livorno, Italy.
Race course: Livorno to Punta Ala - via Giraglia rock and Formiche di Grosseto.
Distance: 151 miles.
Organiser: Yacht Club Punta Ala, Yacht Club Livorno, Yacht Club Repubblica Marinara di Pisa
www.151miglia.it

Giraglia offshore race
June 2024: dates and race course to be confirmed (as per November 17, 2023).
Organiser: Yacht Club Italiano.
www.rolexgiraglia.com

Aegean 600
a 600 nm offshore race starting and finishing in Sounio, Greece.
Race course: START (Sounio) – Milos island to port – Gate at Santorini Caldera – Kassos, Karpathos and Rhodos islands to port – Kandelousa to starboard – Kos to port, Kalolimnos to starboard, Farmakonissi, Agathonissi and Patmos islands to port – Gate at Mykonos and Dilos strait – Kea island to port – FINISH (Sounio).
Start on 9th July, 2024
Organiser: Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC)
aegean600.com

Palermo to Montecarlo Race
starting from Palermo, Italy, on 20th August 2024: from Palermo, Sicily to Monaco via a YCCS gate off Porto Cervo.
Distance: 450 miles.
Organiser: Circolo della Vela Sicilia (CVS) with Yacht Club de Monaco and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
www.palermomontecarlo.it

Notes:

• Only IMA members are eligible to the IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge (MMOC);
• To be eligible for the annual trophy, yachts must compete in at least 3 of these events. If more than the minimum number of events required are sailed, the worst result will be discarded;
• A Perpetual Trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Challenge at the end of the season, usually during the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo.